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Ovechkin among 4 out; Caps hit with COVID fine
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Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:02
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin and three teammates were placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol-related absences list on Wednesday, as the league fined the team $100,000 for a violation of health and safety protocols.Ovechkin, center Evgeny Kuznetsov, defenseman Dmitry Orlov and goaltender Ilya Samsonov were all added to the daily list of players who are "unavailable to play or practice,…
Panarin supporting Russian opposition leader
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Thursday, 21 January 2021 08:43
New York Rangers star winger Artemi Panarin showed his support for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Instagram post on Thursday, ahead of planned protests in his native country this weekend.Panarin posted a photo of Navalny and his wife and two children, with a caption that translates to: "Freedom for Navalny."Through a Rangers spokesperson, Panarin declined to comment further…
The case for the NHL keeping an all-Canadian division permanently
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Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:00
I wish I loved anything in life as much as Canadians love their (We The) North Division this NHL season."In our small little hockey world, this is an unbelievably cool event and I'm really glad I'm in Canada when it happened," said Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice, when asked about the NHL's realigned division where all seven Canadian teams will…
Avs get Pateryn, Wild get Cole in defensive swap
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:03
DENVER -- Colorado and Minnesota swapped veteran defensemen on Tuesday, with the Avalanche acquiring Greg Pateryn and the Wild receiving Ian Cole.The trade represents a significant salary-cap savings for Colorado from Cole's $4.25 million hit to Pateryn's $2.25 million. It also frees up a spot on the left side of the blue line for 19-year-old Avalanche prospect Bowen Byram."The trade…
NHL pulling faulty pucks with tracking tech
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021 14:14
The NHL announced that it will use pucks without imbedded tracking technology for the foreseeable future due to complaints about their performance during the start of the 2020-21 season.The change is effective beginning with Tuesday night's games.The NHL reviewed the first supply of tracking pucks that it's been using and determined that they did not receive "the same precise finishing…
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